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• n  a window in a ship or airplane
• n  an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through

• I am awakened by the first morning light and gaze out of the porthole to see a group of craggy Greek islands go by.
• Loewy's own car had a few special flamboyant frills: a plastic tailfin, a tiny gold grilled air scoop above the emblem on the hood, recessed door handles, porthole windows and .
• If that's not complex enough, there's a three-story-high bookcase, and the porthole-like windows of the bedrooms are angled to illuminate certain places.

• port
• embrasure

News & Articles

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• Marblehead's Cassie Rodgers, Nick Perry chosen NEC Scholar-Athletes
  Marblehead High School seniors Nick Perry and Cassie Rodgers were both recognized for academic and athletic excellence last month during the annual Northeastern Conference Scholar-Athlete banquet at Lynn’s Porthole Restaurant. It was just one of two honors that came Rodgers’ way recently.
  June 12, 2013 - Marblehead Reporter

Quotes

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• Jacques Piccard in FOXNews
  By far the most interesting find was the fish that came floating by our porthole,Piccard said of the dive. "We were astounded to find higher marine life forms down there at all."
• Vladimir Putin in guardian.co.uk
  The submergence is going excellently, and the scenery in the porthole is magnificent,Putin told reporters with composure via a "hydrophone" as the tiny craft descended 1.4km to the deepest point in the southern curve of the lake.
• Sheldon Whitehouse in Boston Globe
  Just think of it as a porthole, not a building, and there's a world beyond it to explore,said Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, DR.I.